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T. KUNDTZ & R. KOSGH. CABINET FOR SEWING MAGHINES.

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No. 565,623. Patented Aug. 11, 1896.

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GABINET FOR SEWINGMAGHINES.

No. 565,623. Patented Aug ll, 1896.

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THEODOR KUNDTZ AND RUDOLPH KOSOH, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO; SAID KOSOHASSIGNOR TO SAID KUNDT'Z.

CABINET FOR SEWING-MACHINES.

$PECIFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 565,623, dated August11, 1896.

Application filed September 7, 1895. Serial No. 561,784. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, THEODOR KUNDTZ and RUDOLPH KOSOH, of Cleveland, inthe county of Ouyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Cabinets for Sewing-llfachines, 85c. and we dohereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to whichit pertains to make and use the same.

Our invention relates to improvements in cabinets for sewing-m achines,(be. and it consists in certain peculiarities of construction andcombination of parts hereinafter described, and pointed out in theclaim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a front side elevation of asewing-machine cabinet provided with our improvements. Portions arebroken away and in section in this figure to reduce the size of thedrawing and to more clearly show the construction. Fig. 2 is a frontside elevation, partly in section, of the cabinet; and Fig. 3 is a topplan in horizontal section on line 3 3, Fig. 1. Fig. 4: is a transversevertical section on line 4 4, Fig. 2. i

The sewing-machine head is represented by broken lines. In Fig. 1 thecarrier that bears the sewing-machine head is shown in its elevatedposition in solid lines, and said carrier and the folding leaf that ishinged to the top of the cabinet and operatively connected with thecarrier are shown in dotted lines in the operation of lowering thecarrier. In Fig. 2 the carrier is shown in its lowered position.

Referring to the drawings, A designates the rear wall of the cabinet,and A andA the left-hand wall and right-hand wall, respectively, of thecabinet. The upper portion of the rear wall of the cabinet is providedwith a stationary panel A (shown in Figs. 2 and 3,) and the lowerportion of the rear wall of the cabinet is provided with an opening a(shown in Fig. 1) for accommodating a circulation of air through thecabinet. Opening a is adapted to be closed by a vertically-slidingcarrier B, that is adapted to slide up and down the rear wall of thecabinet forward of and in close proximity to panel A The rear right barsA, located a suitable distance apart and provided upon their opposingfaces with vertically-arranged grooves or ways A, that are engaged byrollers or wheels I) of carrier B and are long enough to accommodate theoperation of said carrier. Carrier 113 at its upper end is provided witha forwardly-extending horizontally-arranged shelf or plat form I3, thatis designed to bear the sewingmachine head or other machine that iselevated above the cabinet preparatory to its operation and loweredwithin the cabinet when not in use. Platform or shelf B is preferablysupported from carrier B by means of two metallic brackets B secured tothe forward side of the carrier.

A sewing-machine head Ois shown in dotted lines in the case illustrated,and in the case of a sewing-machine cabinet the head C does not restdirectly upon shelf or platform B, but is mounted upon a sliding frameE, that, upon its under side, (see Fig. 4,) is pro vided with tongues c,engaging and adapted to slide endwise of grooves or ways 19, formed insaid platform or shelf, which grooves and tongues are arranged parallelwith the rear wall of the cabinet, so that frame E is capable of slidingin a direction parallel with said wall of the cabinet.

D designates a folding leaf hinged at D to the left-hand end of the topof the cabinet. To this leaf, at or near the rear edge thereof and asuitable distance from the axial line or hinges, is pivoted one endof ametallic rod or bar G, as at g, and said bar or rod at its opposite endis pivoted to an upright metallic arm H, that is suitably secured tocarrier B. Folding leaf D is suitably recessed, as at d, to accommodatethe reception of rod or bar G flush with the upper surface of said leaf,and the top of the cabinetis suitably recessed or slotted, as at a, toaccommodate the location and operation of member Gr. It will, therefore,be observed that arm H and rod or bar G establish operative connectionbetween carrier B and folding leaf D, and that said shelf or platformand its load is elevated or lowered according as folding leaf D isbrought into line with the cabinet-top, as

wall of the cabinet is provided with two upshown in solid lines, Fig. 1,or closed down over opening (1 with which the cabinet-top is provided,and which opening is designed to receive the sliding frame E in the caseillustrated, flush with the top of the cabinet.

We would here remark that the rear edge of frameE is provided with aninclined tongue or member E, adapted to operate in acorrespondingly-inclined groove or way 1, formed in a block or member I,depending from and suitably supported by the top of the cabinet, and thearrangement of parts is such that as carrier B and the shelf or platformconnected therewith are elevated, tongue or member E enters groove orway 1, whereby a further upward movement of said carrier causes saidframe E to be moved endwise in the direction of the fly-wheel K, andwhen the sewingmachine head is in its elevated or working position, asshownin Fig. 1, the band-wheel thereof is supposed to be in line withthe flywheel, and in lowering the sewing-machine head the motion offrame E is, of course, reversed, so that said frame and thesewingmachine head thereon shall clear the flywheel. The head and frameare thus shifted automatically in raising and lowering carrier B, andsaid carrier is operated by folding and unfolding leaf 1), and when thesewing-machine head is lowered leaf D is folded back over all and closesopening a in the cabinettop, as shown in Fig. 2.

The means employed for automatically shifting frame E toward and fromthe flywheel forms no part of our present invention, but the peculiarmeans establishing operative connection between carrier B and foldingleaf D does form a part of our present invention, and we would hereremark that bar or rod G, upon its under side and in suitable proximityto its connection with arm H, is provided with a hump G, adapted toengage an inclined wall (4 with which the recess or slot a in thecabinet-top is provided, when the sewing-machine head, in actuating saidhead from its lower or inoperative position into its elevated oroperative position, has almost reached its extreme upper position duringsaid actuation thereof, and thereby serves as a fulcrum, and hence itwill be observed that said link G, when its hump, during the elevationof the sewing-machine head, engages the aforesaid inclined wall, whosetrend is upwardly and outwardly in the direction of the hinged end offolding leaf D, constitutes a lever whereby the sewing-machine head islifted into its extremeupper position.

The arrangement of parts is preferably such that carrier B and its loadshall have been actuated into their extreme upper position before hump Gof rod or G has reached the upper extremity of inclined wall a and saidwall is preferably composed of or lined with metal to render itsufficiently durable.

Preferablya spring S is secured at its lower end to the ,lower portionof carrier B and is suitably attached at its upper end to the top of thecabinet. Said spring is designed to counterbalance, or approximatelycounterbalance, the load of the carrier. The spring has little or notension in the elevated position of the head, but is placed undertension upon lowering carrier B, and consequently sustains the weight ofthe sewing-machine head or carrier-load in lowering the latter, and thespring, of course, also facilitates the actuation of the carrier and itsload from their lower or inoperative position to their upper position.

.What we claim is In combination, the cabinet having a carrier movableup and down, which carrier is provided with a shelf or platform uponwhich the load to be elevated or lowered, as the case may be, issupported; the folding leaf D for operating the carrier, said leaf beinghinged, at one end, to the cabinet-top; the inclined wall a provided inthe cabinet-top and having its trend upwardly in the direction of thehinged end of the folding leaf; the metallic upright arm H suitablysecured to the upper end of the carrier, and the metallic rod or bar Gpivotally secured at one end to the folding leaf a suitable distancefrom the axis of the leaf, and pivotally attached, at its opposite end,to the aforesaid metallic arm of the carrier, said bar or rod having thehump G upon its under side, and the folding leaf and cabinet-top beingsuitably recessed or slotted to accommodate the location and operationof the aforesaid bar or rod, substantially as shown, for the purposespecified.

In testimony whereof we sign this specification, in the presence of twowitnesses, this 31st day of August, 1895.

TI-IEODOR KUNDTZ. RUDOLPH KOSCH. Witnesses:

O. H. DORER, ELLA E. TILDEN.

